embedded in the slope
Public car park

The formal choice that guided the development of the project reflects the intention to lighten the volumes to be built, favouring horizontal lines; the exposed reinforced-concrete floor slabs become visible, giving rise to overhangs that create a play of shadows on the load-bearing walls below and which in turn are set into the slope, creating a proper integration between the built structure and nature. The layout essentially takes place across three elevation levels: the open-air car park on the S.S. 42 state road, the square and the underground parking at the level of Via Kessler, and the open-air parking above. This last level provides for the uphill parking bays to be covered by a concrete slab with a green roof; this solution allows the project elevation to be connected with the natural profile of the terrain in the most integrated way possible, avoiding excessively impactful retaining walls. The cantilevered sections, which create overhangs toward the valley, have sinuous lines in plan; a choice aimed at accommodating the irregular alignments generated by the morphology of the site and the built environment, avoiding dangerous forcing. The use of materials such as exposed local stone masonry for the base of the underground volume and wood for the infill panels and parapets, together with the alternation of solids (the underground wall) and voids (open-air parking areas), contributes to the proper mitigation between the built structure and the environment.